MacMerc.TV Brings Humor and Clever Presentation to Tech Subjects
Monday, December 1st, 2008A good tech podcast should be useful, educational, and I think, entertaining. If you come away both smarter and smiling, that’s a success by my standards. Rick Yaeger’s new show, MacMerc.TV achieves these goals with room to spare. Rick has been an active contributor to the online tech community for years with his web site [...]
Paid By Pixels
Monday, February 25th, 2008There’s a lot that I admire about Cali Lewis and Neal Campbell. High on the list is the way they set ambitious goals for themselves and then use some very creative thinking to reach those goals. They’ve had a long-term dream of touring the country in a motor home, and now they’re going [...]
Two Weeks In, One Wish Granted
Thursday, January 17th, 2008I got one of my big wishes for 2008 in the Apple TV Take Two software upgrade. I wanted to be able to access the iTunes Store directly from the Apple TV without any involvement with a computer. According to the Steve Jobs keynote at Macworld, that’s now the way things can work. [...]
The Gadgety Path Away From the Living Room TV, Part 2
Friday, January 4th, 2008The Apple TV allowed a bridge between iPod-friendly video files I’d been accumulating and a full sized TV. Although cable connectivity solutions existed previously, Apple TV provided a simpler, “always on” connection to my media library. Critics complained about a great many factors, from the apparent mismatch of requiring a widescreen TV while [...]